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HAVE YOU PAID YOUR ELECTION
BETS YET?
Croveport, III. Otto Flowers owes
Harry Obert, lrveryman, a ride of 13
miles in a wheelbarrow from this city
to Columbus, because he bet on
Hughes.
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. BOUND TO GET MARRIED
A young factory hand and his girl
went to get married. They got as
far as the church, when he found out
he had not enough money to pay the
, wedding fee. The clergyman would
not marry them, saying, "No money,
no wedding."
So the gyrl asked would he wait
till she went" home for the money.
The clergyman said "Yes."
In a little while the girl returned
with the money and the knot was
duly tied.
The girl now said to the clergy
man: v
"Can anyone oppose our union?"
x To which he replied: "Nobody, my
daughter. Heaven bless you."
The girl said: "Then there's the
pawn ticket for your hat and coat,
which I took from the vestry and
pawned!"
Collapse of his reverence.
KNUTTY KNOWLEDGE
If a peacock had a tall like a guinea
f pig it wouldn't be quite so attractive
P a bird.
Until the year 1545 it was the cus-j-
torn of the Norwegians to start in
' cutting a loaf of bread at the other
end.
A Kansas scientist has invented a
fleece-lined pipe so' hard water going
through comes out soft at the other
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SOMETHING SOULFUL
"You are eoine to say something
soulful," declared the fiance. "I see
it in your lovely eyes."
"What I was going to say is this,"
responded the fiancee: "Won't you
wear a rubber band around your haad
at night, so as to train your ears not
to stick out?" '